Nissan Kubistar: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Nissan Kubistar fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 19.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 970 individual Nissan Kubistar tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate56.8%
UK national average76.7%
Difference-19.9 points
Tests analysed970
Average mileage at test120,498 miles
Average year of manufacture2006
Reliability rank1,988 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 56.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 43 in every 100 Nissan Kubistars presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Nissan Kubistar tested had covered 120,498 miles and was built around 2006.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Nissan Kubistar bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Nissan Kubistar rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Nissan Kubistars actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Nissan Kubistar

  1. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 6.6% of tests (11.98x the national rate for this defect)
  2. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 3.1% of tests (9.87x the national rate for this defect)
  3. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 6.4% of tests (6.76x the national rate for this defect)
  4. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 6.3% of tests (5.59x the national rate for this defect)
  5. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 4.4% of tests (5.29x the national rate for this defect)
  6. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 4% of tests (5.23x the national rate for this defect)
  7. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 2.7% of tests (4.16x the national rate for this defect)
  8. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 5.5% of tests (3.35x the national rate for this defect)
  9. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 4.4% of tests (3.23x the national rate for this defect)
  10. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 11% of tests (2.98x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,374 DVSA-tracked Nissan Kubistar tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.76% of these flagged Nissan Kubistar defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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